Modeling of nutation-precession: Very long baseline interferometry results

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2002, Pages

  Herring, T A ^a   Mathews, P M ^b   Buffett, B A ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Free core nutation; IAU2000A; Nutation; Precession; VLBI

Indexed keywords

EARTH ROTATION; GEODESY; INTERFEROMETRY; NUTATION; PLANETARY ROTATION; PRECESSION;

EID: 0037635169     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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